Crawler Management

Illustration of a character presenting a comparison between common assumptions about Google using priority and changefreq, versus what Google actually pays attention to in XML sitemaps

Crawl Systems

By Victor Ijomah

Does Google Actually Use Priority and Changefreq in XML Sitemaps?

Google has confirmed it ignores priority and changefreq in XML sitemaps. Here's…

Illustration comparing a sitemap file as an invitation list and a robots.txt file as a set of access rules, with a search engine crawler reading both at the root of a website

Crawl Systems

By Victor Ijomah

Sitemap vs Robots.txt: What’s the Difference?

Both files sit at the root of your domain, both speak to…